Healthcare workers and their labour supporters pack the main boulevard of the country's capital, asking that the government refrain from cutting their budget and privatising health services.
The strike by the health staff is among a string of industrial actions in the UK this winter, including agitations by rail and postal workers; airports are also bracing for disruption over Christmas.
With the British government turning down an offer to negotiate, nurses say they have no option but to strike on December 15 and 20 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
In the next three months, 648 are in their last trimester or expected to give birth, the United Nations Population Fund said.
Türkiye expects to serve 1.5 million patients next year and is aiming to receive $10 billion in revenue from the global healthcare market, says President Erdogan.
Under the weight of Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis, people struggling to find medicines and equipment in state-run hospitals show how fragile Sri Lanka's healthcare system has become.
As the healthcare industry begins to rely more on artificial intelligence, concerns arise as to how AI could introduce or aggravate ageism in healthcare.
Researchers in Pennsylvania, US analysed racial data when telemedicine was used extensively during Covid-19, and found that Black patients attended virtual follow-up visits more than they did in-person before the pandemic.
Almost every country on the planet has reduced its tobacco intake in 2020, according to the WHO’s latest findings.
Decades of conflict, displacement, poverty and unemployment have taken a huge toll on Afghans, and left a health system ill-equipped to provide them with mental healthcare.
Iraq once boasted one of the best healthcare systems in the region. Its crippled health infrastructure is but a microcosm of the neglect and misconduct in governance following the Gulf Wars.
The US president signed an executive order on Friday that would mandate sweeping controls on big business spanning technology, healthcare and agriculture.
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